¹¹ Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive ^(A)the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude. ¹² But the captain of the guard ^(B)left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers. ^13 (C)The bronze ^(D)pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and ^(E)the carts and ^(F)the bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and ^(G)carried their bronze to Babylon. ¹⁴ They also took away ^(H)the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered. ¹⁵ The firepans and the basins, the things of solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard took away. ¹⁶ The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, ^(I)the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. ^17 (J)The height of one pillar was ^[a]eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network.

^18 (K)And the captain of the guard took ^(L)Seraiah the chief priest, ^(M)Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. ¹⁹ He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, ^(N)five men of ^[b]the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. ²⁰ So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. ²¹ Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. ^(O)Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.

Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah^(P)

²² Then he made Gedaliah the son of ^(Q)Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over ^(R)the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left. ²³ Now when all the ^(S)captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and ^[c]Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. ²⁴ And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”

Jesus Promises Another Helper

^15 (A)“If you love Me, ^[a]keep My commandments. ¹⁶ And I will pray the Father, and ^(B)He will give you another ^[b]Helper, that He may abide with you forever— ^17 (C)the Spirit of truth, ^(D)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you ^(E)and will be in you. ^18 (F)I will not leave you orphans; ^(G)I will come to you.

Indwelling of the Father and the Son

¹⁹ “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but ^(H)you will see Me. ^(I)Because I live, you will live also. ²⁰ At that day you will know that ^(J)I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. ^21 (K)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and ^[c]manifest Myself to him.”

^22 (L)Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

²³ Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, ^(M)and We will come to him and make Our home with him. ²⁴ He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and ^(N)the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

The Gift of His Peace

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. ²⁶ But ^(O)the ^[d]Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will ^(P)send in My name, ^(Q)He will teach you all things, and bring to your ^(R)remembrance all things that I said to you. ^27 (S)Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ²⁸ You have heard Me ^(T)say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because ^[e]I said, ^(U)‘I am going to the Father,’ for ^(V)My Father is greater than I.

²⁹ “And ^(W)now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. ³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, ^(X)for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has ^(Y)nothing in Me. ³¹ But that the world may know that I love the Father, and ^(Z)as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

God’s Final Judgment and Glory

³ We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, ⁴ so that ^(A)we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God ^(B)for your patience and faith ^(C)in all your persecutions and ^[a]tribulations that you endure, ⁵ which is ^(D)manifest^[b] evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, ^(E)for which you also suffer; ^6 (F)since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with ^[c]tribulation those who trouble you, ⁷ and to give you who are troubled ^(G)rest with us when ^(H)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, ⁸ in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^9 (I)These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and ^(J)from the glory of His power, ¹⁰ when He comes, in that Day, ^(K)to be ^(L)glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who ^[d]believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

¹¹ Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would ^(M)count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and ^(N)the work of faith with power, ^12 (O)that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.